Interviewee | MALDONADO, Anthony (b. 1984) |
Military Service | U.S. Army OIF Veteran |
Interview ID # | OH 1675 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school; decision to enlist in U.S. Army; experiences in basic training at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; deployment to Kuwait and Iraq; experience of being reunited with sister at Balad Air Base outside of Baghdad; duties guarding and transporting confiscated weapons caches, including stress of participation in truck convoys; experience in mortar attack at Camp Anaconda; return to Ft. Sill; general discharge from Army; opinions regarding military service. |
Interviewer(s) | Rebecca Bonine |
Physical Description | 43 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |